Sentences with phrase «squad more depth»

He needs to add quality in key areas to give the squad more depth to compete on all fronts.

They would not transform us per se but would give our squad more depth.

Not exact matches

If you're going to keep the injury prone players, then add more quality squad depth, because you'll know they'll be injured every season.

The Arsenal squad is strong in terms of depth and even more so in terms of quality, we just need a bit of world - class cutting edge to close the gap on Chelsea for next season.

He is not world class and he is not an adequate replacement for Sanchez but he is an improvement on what we have and gives us more depth in our squad (unless he is meant to soften the blow of a Sanchez departure — then we would have reason to be to worried)

We need more squad depth and he would definitely add to that.

Fekir will improve the squad strength in depth and provide real competition for places and if we get him it will be a great addition to the squad.But to get the best from Laca (and Auba) we need to introduce a more direct system and stop all this possession at all costs that is so obviously predictable and easy to defend.

This window is especially interesting given all the drama of the season so far, Martin O'Neill and Alan Curbishley get their hands on some real money for the first time in their managerial careers, Chelsea get to address apparent squad depth problems, Manchester United can try to sign someone who isn't super old, and we're guessing Harry Redknapp is going to pick up a couple more dodgy deals for Portsmouth, while Reading, Sheffield United and Watford will hopefully spring a surprise or two.

1 or 2 quality signings would be great to add some more depth to the squad but we have been looking solid recently.

Youngster Manuel Locatelli has arguably been under - used, but with veteran Riccardo Montolivo emerging as a first - choice alternative, the Rossoneri need more quality and depth in the squad to compete on various fronts and to be able to make game - changing substitutions.

I think the key to the title is have a in - depth squad with everyone knows where they can play and more importantly the pecking order (your a first team pick... you are a second team pick) and allowing them to know that if you perform in both training and matches you can easily be dropped to second string or moved to first string.

In turn, that has forced the Chilean tactician to field Raheem Sterling as his striker at times, and evidently it appears as though he has acknowledged that he needs more depth and quality in his squad in that area.

Of course they have more depth in their squads, and, they pay premium wages.

This squad is stronger and more capable even with second choice players in squad depth has improved greatly.

Arsenal were playing poorly for most of this season and the five or six games we played like champions were mostly against lesser teams, yet the wisdom was that we were drawing games we used to lose, that we have more depth in the squad than ever etc..

Arsenal has depth, but it isn't quality squad depth, Rosiscky, Cazorla, Ozil all play the same position and neither of them add a great deal more than the other, our midfield is stoked but the areas we actually need depth in are barren, we have no solid defensive midfielder with our usual reliance on a CAM moved back, as a result players like Ramsey and Wilshere who are box to box players end up creating more imbalance in an already unbalanced team.

The only thing we can learn from this is that Arsenal need to more strength in squad depth... having to rely on players like Iwobi and Campbell in such a big game is futile.

They spent alot of money this window ($ 54M), but that was primarily on Ciro Immobile and squad depth (+ resigning of long lost sons Sahin and Kagawa) Immobile has been close to more disappointing than Balotelli in the league, even though two goals in nine games is far better than a butthole.

we need better tactics, more depth in defense, logical squad rotation, and proper CDMS.

We also get more depth in the squad, so we can mix things up against certain teams.

With the a draining Europa League campaign coming up for the Gunners next season they are going to need more depth to their squad as when you consider there are 38 league games, up to 15 games in the Europa League (should they reach the final) up to 6 games in the FA Cup and the same in the League Cup, Arsenal could end up playing in 65 games over the course of the season.

Having bemoaned the lack of depth in his squad already this summer, it doesn't seem to make too much sense to sell more squad players, but there still seem to be question marks hanging over Batshuayi as he looks set to play second fiddle again this season.

Our new squad depth means we can rotate a bit more, but we still have some daunting fixtures.

Barca just won the treble with a star studded squad that most coaches would only dream of, yet they are adding more depth to the squad by siging up Turan and Pogba against January.

That is what I thought, anyway, but the Arsenal players out on the Wembley pitch proved me wrong I am more than happy to say, so does that mean that we have a fantastic squad full of quality and depth in every position?

One major one is that, for once, Arsenal have fewer injury problems than our opponents, according to physioroom.com, and as our squad has more strength in depth to start with that should give us an advantage.

I'm always backing Giroud he's decent squad member and a good target man we just need more depth in that department.

We will have more squad depth.

But with our new depth in the squad, and top players like Alexis, Ozil and Cech around, surely we can be a bit more resilient than earlier seasons and can cope with our inevitable injury list?

We bang on every bleeding year about squad depth and now we have a bit more than we are used to everyone is bleating about their favourites not playing.

With the Gunners qualifying for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League as well as the fourth round of the FA Cup, squad depth will be vital and it certainly is welcome news to hear that Jack will be available so much sooner than expected, even more so considering that Ramsey and Ozil have already returned to first - team training.

As highlighted by our signing of Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil in successive summers, the players from the two La Liga giants are now a lot more available than before, mainly because of the strength and depth and the competition for places in their squads.

A report from the Daily Mail has stated that Pochettino is open to the possibility of adding more depth to his Spurs squad.

I don't think squad depth is our issue, I think it's more about the balance.

We can sign all the physios we want, if we don't sign more quality players to add to the squad depth and strength, the physios will not be able to do NOTHING when our players get injured.

He is the worst when it comes to transfers, He talks about quality and availability and need to our squad... let me moved some names who have moved... Pedro who can play as a false 9, Schneiderlin a DM and a better distributor than Coq although I love Coq but we need depth and we are away from 1 injury from the defensive crisis now, Vidal who can attack and defend and can change the tempo of the game when we need to (do we have anyone like that) would have been a great upgrade on Wilshere and Ramsey, Shaqiri, Sterling who can play any role amongst the forwards and as a CAM also, Angel Di Maria we all know him, Kondogbia as one of the best DMs on the pitch, and many more.

This loan move is possible because we have more depth in the squad and that depth has been made by spending.

Another thing, buying 2 new and or expensive players would only guarantee us more depth in squad and not the EPL title nor EPL dominance... Lastly.

I agree we need more depth in the striking department but Giroud has his place in our squad and is massive contributor to our side assisting and scoring.

Always good to see important players returning from long term injuries.But in this case I feel that cazorla would be the one whose comeback will be more significant in terms of quality in the squad depth.I guess wenger will look to put together two first team squads one for the epl while the second for the efl cup, fa cup and europa league.We have enough quality and depth to actually do that

In my opinion Diaby needs to get shot of as soon as his contract expires, rather bring someone in who lasts more than 2 games to give us extra squad depth.

More a compliment to the overal squad depth.

Seeing how quality players are moving in this transfer window am a very sad sad sad man.The other big clubs have confirmed they will spend big but for Wenger he said we have enough depth in the squad but if special player is available we can buy, now special players are not available without a bid.We have only one Arsene but we cant win major trophies with wenger he used to win them when it was a two horse race, only utd were a threat but now he cant repeat the invincible era or win epl 10 yrs can evidence there is competition and we are not in it.Clubs like chelsea are in debts cuz of buying wc players to win trophies, We put club into debt b4 to build stadium so he can generate more revenue for club owners and share holders

Veteran squads such as Team Schwartz, who really made a splash in Week 1, Team Max (f.k.a. Team Sternberg), Team James and Team Harris all return for a season with more depth than a year ago.

We have the same problem every season... This is why you buy more players — for squad depth (take Bayern as an example).

Many will argue that Barcelona have more depth than last season as on overall squad, but maybe isn't as strong as makes Bartomeu out.

FINALLY going into the season without huge injuries and with squad depth we should see players protected more and as such, we might finally see some of this potential coming to fruition.

He also works his nuts off something some our players don't seem to do at times so adds desire and work rate to our side and obviously squad depth if we had Wellbeck last season we could of rested Giroud a lot more so in my mind it's a decent signing.

With Arsenal, Man City and Tottenham all still involved in European competition, the fact that we all have more expensive squads with greater strength in depth than the surprise Premier League title chasing club Leicester City was somewhat nullified.

Chelsea need to add more quality and depth to their squad before the transfer deadline at the end of the month, but Conte is being frustrated in his pursuit of key targets which won't help the general mood at the club after their opening - day defeat at home to Burnley.